Building Information Management

APRIL 22, 2016

Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Infrastructure Management BIM 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 8, 2017

LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4 continues to define LEAN JOC versus others so-called “JOC Programs” Basic elements of LEAN Job Order Contracting … Rewarding desired behaviors. Creating an open information environment. Learn more about LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4 … FEATURED ARTICLE.

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Let’s face it, LEED is a great marketing tool, but NOT the solution. “Kudos” to LEED for building awareness and addressing the need to focus upon sustainability of the built environment! There should be little to no cost premium for a sustainable building. Why not?

Life Cycle 77

Life Cycle BIM Management Green 77

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

JOC Contract strategy, development, implementation, and management involves a thorough understanding of LEAN Construction and Life-cycle Asset Management. Work execution and contract administration. Request a JOC Contract Operations Guide. JOC Contract – Additional Information. Monitoring.

Contract 100

Contract Procurement Renovating Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2012

Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Big Data for BIM / Efficient Facility Life-cycle Management.

Life Cycle 81

Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 81

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Job Order Contracting done right, that’s what the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Framework is all about. OpenJOC Job Order Contracting Framework embeds LEAN best management practices and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for cost, performance, and time, with an overall focus upon best value outcomes.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Job Order Contracting Services and Tools should be based upon open standards, locally researched cost data, and best value for all participants. Focus of any Job Order Contracting Service should be upon training Owners and Contractors to be self-sufficient. They should NOT favor the Owner versus the Contractor.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle CSI Consulting 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The successful integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology leads to the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on- budget. with the result being improved overall productivity.

Life Cycle 115

Life Cycle Procurement Renovating Budgeting 115

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 29, 2020

Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a prerequisite to obtaining best value outcomes for facilities / built infrastructure repair, renovation maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. Each line item is associated with a unit of measure and includes labor, material, equipment, and crew information.

Estimating 151

Estimating Procurement Life Cycle Construction 151

Building Information Management

APRIL 12, 2016

Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment. I recently read an article about concepts that will shape the future of the construction industry. Three concepts were highlighted-.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Management Products Education 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 12, 2016

Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment. I recently read an article about concepts that will shape the future of the construction industry. Three concepts were highlighted-.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Management Products Education 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 7, 2017

LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting (INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY) – RELATIONSHIP CONTRACTING. LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting offers several enhancements … Competent Owner providing leadership on-site management. Formation of a LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) core group which includes stakeholders.

Contract 100

Contract Construction Life Cycle Procurement 100

Building Information Management

APRIL 28, 2014

Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! Refusal to adopt collaborative construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for new construction, Job Order Contracting (JOC) for repair, renovation, sustainability, and minor new construction projects.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Decision-making methods within LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery frameworks enable and assure full stakeholder (buyers, designers, builders, building users, FMers…) participation in early stages of the project considerations and support collaboration among previously conflicting sustainable criteria and adversarial team members.

Life Cycle 114

Life Cycle Procurement Construction Documentation 114

Building Information Management

MARCH 19, 2013

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

Life Cycle 53

Life Cycle Management BIM Engineering 53

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Buildings, roads, dams, electrical grids… are with us for a very long time and linked to the success and failure of just about everything… education, health, national security, transportation, habitat, sustainability, national and local economies and more. That said, we are not acting as stakeholders of our built infrastructure.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 7, 2014

It’s time for Owners to stop the marketing… Stop hyping their LEED Silver or “Whatever” Buildings… and actually participate in life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. A focus upon life-cycle costs vs. first costs in terms finance and environmental impact.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Keeping up with the growing backlog of facility renovation, repair, sustainability, and maintenance is a never ending challenge for colleges and universities. First and foremost, current, objective, and actionable information is needed. 4BT.us – Best Value Solutions for Job Order Contracting and Efficient Construction Delivery.

Education 100

Education Renovating Management Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.

Life Cycle 61

Life Cycle BIM Management Inspections 61

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 13, 2017

See asset life-cycle model… A total cost of ownership perspective is also required as opposed to the more prevalent practice of first-cost dominance. Transparency – Appropriate access to cost information, and associated comparison to published independent third-party costs, such as RSMeans Construction Cost Data.

Management 100

Management Life Cycle Estimating Comparison 100

Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

BIM is about simplifying and adding visibility to the life-cycle management of the built environment. Collaborative, Efficient Project Delivery Methods (IPD- Integrated Project Delivery, JOC – Job Order Contracting …). Life-cycle Information. BIM and FM are synonymous.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Software Software 40

Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

BIM is about simplifying and adding visibility to the life-cycle management of the built environment. Collaborative, Efficient Project Delivery Methods (IPD- Integrated Project Delivery, JOC – Job Order Contracting …). Life-cycle Information. BIM and FM are synonymous.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Software Software 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Over the past few years real property owners are being pressured more than ever to transition sustainable economic and environmental facilities management policies and programs. Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Change Orders Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

There are multiple types of alternative project delivery, with the most robust and well known being Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for major new construction, and LEAN Job Order Contracting (OpenJOC-TM) for repair, renovation, maintenance, and “minor” new construction. Benefits of Alternative Project Delivery.

Resource 141

Resource Procurement Life Cycle Construction 141

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Information drives cost savings and higher efficiency. How and when we access information will forever alter day-to-day and strategic business practices for Owners, AEs, Contractors, SubContractors, Business Product Manufacturers, Building Users, Oversight Groups, and the Community. Poor life-cycle management knowledge transfer.

BIM 66

BIM Life Cycle Architecture Modeling 66

Building Information Management

MAY 28, 2014

Sure, you can tweak a few things here to attempt be more efficient with respect to your numerous renovation, repair, sustainability, and construction projects, but substantial productivity gains require fundamentally changing how you do things. They write sign the contracts and write the checks. Learn more at [link].

Renovating 51

Renovating Sustainability Contract Products 51

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Building Information Management, Model and Modeling. BIM is a term which represents three separate but linked functions: Building Information Management: Is the ORGANIZATION & CONTROL of the business process by utilizing the information in the digital prototype to effect the sharing of information over the entire lifecycle of an asset.

Modeling 40

Modeling BIM Management Life Cycle 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 16, 2016

A combination of education, change management, robust business processes, and detailed construction cost information, and supporting technology can drive significant improvement. August 16, 2016 – Four BT, LLC today announces a new industry resource to enable measurable gains in construction productivity. MEDIA CONTACT. Peter Cholakis.

Products 100

Products Life Cycle Construction Renovating 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

It’s simple, collaboration and improved “cradle to cradle” facility life-cycle management approaches will be required for survival. The march toward BIM, and recognizing its true potential as “efficient building life-cycle management support by technology and standardized processes, taxonomy, etc.”

Life Cycle 61

Life Cycle BIM AIA Resource 61

Building Information Management

APRIL 10, 2012

A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon. BIM definition, from NIBS, and I paraphrase, is the life-cycle management of facilities supported by digital technology. Higher Level FM Processes – LEAN, TCO / Total Cost of Ownership / Life-cycle Management.

Life Cycle 49

Life Cycle BIM Management Visualization 49

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

– 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015. Educational and training programs must focus upon asset life-cycle management and modeling. Overall focus must shift from first-cost mentality to life-cycle/total-cost-of-ownership. JOC Do’s and Don’ts.

Renovating 100

Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 18, 2012

As facilities costs are second only to personal/labor costs for most organizations, the need for breadth, consistency and transparency of BUILDING INFORMATION to understand, articulate, prioritize, and act upon requirements is readily apparent. Information must be timely, accurate, transparent, actionable, traceable, and shared collaboratively.

Life Cycle 65

Life Cycle BIM Management Procurement 65

Building Information Management

JULY 8, 2016

Life-cycle asset management philosophy. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the integration of disparate competencies, business processes, and technologies to accomplish the efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Best value procurement. Mutual trust & respect. Continuous improvement. .

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Construction Management 40

Building Information Management

MAY 15, 2012

First and foremost BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Construction cost estimating, and facility life-cycle cost estimating are critical components of any facility design, project delivery, repair, renovation, sustainability, or planning function.

Estimating 49

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Construction 49

Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

As indicated above, the participating disciplines must trust the validity of the information provided by other collaborators. The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, otherwise know as BIM, relies upon an integrated, collaborative process based upon accurate information and mutual trust. – NIBS.

BIM 51

BIM Contract Life Cycle Renovating 51